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Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona August 27th 2006

Arrived in Barcelona at 8pm. It was nice weather and still light. We found our hostel easily. It´s much better than Paris´ hostel. Our first day in Barcelona was spent relaxing on the beach. I had a few problems with money to sort out, so Katy and Al took off and left me behind with the intent of catching up later. The temp is about 27 degrees and the sun is shining. I got myself emergency funds and walked to the beach in Barcelonette (to save on a train fare). I got to the beach and it was fantastic. Half the woman were sunbaking and frollicking (i like that word, even though i can´t spell it) topless, so i decided to rip my shoes and socks off, take off my shirt and join them. I found ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona August 26th 2006

Sipping Sangria by day, and sculling it by night meant my planned detox and liver cleanse would have to be put on ice until I was out of the fast paced, but ultra cool, Barcelona. A city that would spell the perfect end to five weeks on the road. Since parting company with Jonesy and the cash strapped other, both Azz and I had shared many of our travelling responsibilities. But, as a general rule - Azz was in charge of movements by day, and (more importantly) I was held responsible for our actions come nightfall. However, on one particular night in Barcelona Azz insisted the nights itinerary include a Flamenco Show. Thats right, you read correctly - a Flamenco Show. An idea, that I intially thought was rather homosexual. Alas, upon gingerly taking my seat, ... read more
Azz in his Purchase
Statue of Colon
Flamenco

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona August 26th 2006

Went to catch the sound and light show at Montjuic fountains - starts from 9pm and every half hour after. This must surely be the biggest fountain I've ever seen! I don't see how anything else will ever compare to this. Music for the show was a tad tacky but ah.. can't win them all hey. Fountain/water show (don't know what to call it) was really good though! Views of the place at night was great.... read more
Pretty water..
Orange water..
White water?

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona August 23rd 2006

The 3rd largest football stadium in the world, and seats over 100,000. Got to see the UEFA Cup!! Wooo! There was a really interesting photography exhibition while I was there - football images from various sporting magazines and newspapers. some terrific shots. Heaps of people waiting for the players to turn up for training, imagine crowds welcoming you everyday when you get to work! Haha.... read more
Press room
The players' bench
Barça FC logo

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona August 23rd 2006

I am sorry for the lack O´Entries, but I have a been a busy girl. Sarah arrived from Dubai on August 21st, and we started our 2-week fiesta en España! We went to the beach in Malaga, for Tapas in the city centre- which was my first time without an interpretator there to order for me....ugh... gambas fritas y pan- fried prawns and bread. It was safe. At least we got what we ordered! HA HA We took a drive down the coast to Toromellinos and partied with our flatmates, went to Granada to see the Allahambra, but we arrived too late, so we only saw the grounds- c´est la vie. Seville was beautiful-there are pics attached, and I definatelty want to return to it again. On August 29th we did a group(Kefa, Sandra, Wanda, Sarah ... read more
Sarah´s arrival in Malaga
Malaga city
Going to the Malaga Coves

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona August 20th 2006

Barcelona Europe » Spain » Barcelona By demiurgeAugust 20th 2006Roberto Rincon My God! We have been to Barcelona twice since the last time I posted photos. We have also been to Paris a few times (including a trip to Chantilly), to Canterbury, Bath and Glastonbury (yes, Avalon!), and have been taking photos here in London too. I am finally going to start updating all this so you have an idea of what I've been up to. The Images from Barcelona in the next couple of blogs are from our trips in the summer and again in November of last year. I am too lazy to completely separate them, so if you see that in some the weather looks like summer and the in others it looks like a... read more
Us
Ben
how much for the puppy in the window

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona August 16th 2006

Well bad weather is just here to stay. The one day we go to the beach they have teh worst weather ever. We couldn´t even go in the water. They police would make you get out. We stayed 3 hours though. There was no way we would get out of the sun. Just VERY windy. Still absolutly beautiful. Had a really horrible dinner in Nice but went to a bar afterwards and had the strongest drink I´ve ever had. I ordered a mandarin vodka thinking it would have 7up in it. But it was jsut vodka. About 3 shots worth. Needless to say I was hammered that night. But we have our 3 aussie boys to take care of us. Yesterday was almost all driving. From Nice to Barcelona. We´ve learned 2 new card games and ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona August 16th 2006

I loved Spain as soon as we went through the mountain from Cerbere to Portbou, it's so different from the rest of Europe, you really feel like you're in a different world. We got to Spain early morning and were all pretty tired after not sleeping on the overnight train and were pretty disorientated, once we had got our bearings we headed off to La Rambla, the huge main road running down the centre of Barcelona to the docks. I don't think there's any road in the world quite like this one, the centre is pedestrianised, and is always packed full of people, market stalls and street performers by day. And by night it's a den of scum and villainy, filled with drug dealers, prostitutes and beer vendors, which are actually pretty cool, the beer vendors ... read more
View from the Hostel
The Terraces
Sagrada Familia

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona August 13th 2006

Oh man. 19 days until I leave!!! There is so much I could be doing. But it's the morning. It's one of my few days to sleep in so of course I wake up at 6. haha. At least there's a Laguna Beach marathon on. Emma spent the night last night. I'm going to miss my friends so much. I had so much fun hanging out with Joanna and Emma in KC this summer and seeing Meg in San Diego! And Chels and Meg will be in town soon. We're having a bon voyage party on the 20th. I leave Sept. 1. Things to do: buy some more luggage, start packing, buy razors and stuff- anything else? So unreal. And my Dad and Marina are coming for Christmas and we're spending 15 days traveling all over ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona August 10th 2006

¡Hola from Barcelona! No I havnt dropped off the face of the earth! I´m still very much alive.... just very much busy too!! Paris was wonderful. On Sunday we got up and were at the Eiffle Tower by 9am. We went right up to the very top observation deck. Wow. Incredible!!! We didn´t even have very much of a line to wait in either! Then we went back down and got some chocolate crepes at a stand just in the park by the tower. We set up the tripod and got some great action shots of us in front of the tower. We probably spent way too long at the tower but thats ok cause it was fun. From the tower we walked to the palace where hitler dance when we took over Paris. Sorry cant ... read more
Oh la la
Little Rascals
Night Out in Paris




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